Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as an ending of the country's longest war that freed resources for other conflicts, in testimony in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday to answer for the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that left 13 servicemen dead. It was a tense and at times outright hostile hearing with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle ripping into the secretary for the lack of security and

Under fire from congressional Republicans about one of the darkest moments of Joe Biden's presidency, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended the administration's handling of the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan,